John Hennessy(1952)
Computer ScienceJohn Hennessy is a recipient of the Turing Award (2017) from United States. Their primary field is Computer Science. They were educated at Stony Brook University and Villanova University. They have been affiliated with Stanford University.
United StatesJet Propulsion Laboratory
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Major Awards
354
Publications
30,560
Citations
66
h-index
159
i10-index
86.3
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Education
Stony Brook University
Villanova University
Doctoral Advisors
Anant AgarwalLawrence PaulsonJosep TorrellasPeter SteenkisteThomas Karl Richard GrossJaswinder Pal SinghJeffrey Steven GibsonCheng Che ChenDavid James OfeltMark Andrew HeinrichJeffrey Scott KuskinAndrew Anhalt ErlichsonSteven Cameron WooMoriyoshi OharaKourosh GharachorlooJoe TrumanRohit ChandraSteven Weng-Kiang TjiangHelen Marie DavisKaren Lee PieperStephen R. GoldschmidtVivek SarkarRichard Kieburtz
Positions & Roles
presidentchairpersondirectorprovostboard of directors member
Top Publications
The 50 Year History of the Microprocessor as Five Technology Eras
IEEE Micro20216 citations
Luiz André Barroso: Brilliant Engineer, Humble Leader, and Mentor
IEEE Micro20240 citations
Federal Research Investment and Innovation in Information Technology: A Virtuous Cycle
Communications of the ACM20250 citations
Special Issue on The Past, Present, and Future of Warehouse-Scale Computing
IEEE Micro20240 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
GB
Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
VC
Vint Cerf
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2024)
AS
Adi Shamir
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2024)
AB
Andrew Barto
Turing Award (2024)
RS
Richard Sutton
Turing Award (2024)
AW
Avi Wigderson
Turing Award (2023)
YB
Yoshua Bengio
Princess of Asturias Award (2022)
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